Links, References & Credits

Links

Martyn H. Dean's excellent SeaVixen.org site is dedicated to the aircrew killed flying
Sea Vixens and has tons of information, photos and a detailed roll of honour and accident listing, plus a rather quiet forum.

References - Books

The de Havilland Sea Vixen by Tony Buttler

ISBN 978-0851303642

Published by Air Britain

Quite simply
the best book on the Sea Vixen in existence. Yes, it's quite pricey but often the best books are! A good thick book taking
in the whole sweep of Vixen history from the DH-110 prototypes to the retirement of the last D.3 drones, along with
unbuilt development proposals and lots - and lots - of photos and personal recollections from those who flew and worked
on the type. A real masterwork and if you only buy one book on the Sea Vixen, you owe it to yourself to make it this one.
Probably easiest to get hold of from Air Britain (discounted to £28 for
A-B members and ex-Fleet Air Arm personnel).

ISBN 1-905414-04-8

Published by Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing

A lavishly illustrated history
of the type with over 100 mostly monochrome photos, lots of colour profile drawings and detailed history of each
airframe. Thoroughly recommended and an absolute bargain!

de Havilland Vampire, Venom and Sea Vixen by Philip Birtles

ISBN 071101566X

Published by Ian Allan

Rather a small section on the Sea Vixen and as a
result it's a bit of rush through its history, with a small selection of black and white photos. Worth getting
if you're interested in the Vampire & Venom as well, but not really worthwhile just for the Sea Vixen
content.

Warpaint No.11 - Sea Vixen by Steve Hazell

ISSN 1361-0369

Published by Hall Park Books Ltd.

A profile publication with development and service
history, lots of colour profiles, pictures, scale plans and a small selection of detail pictures.
Sadly the profiles are very poor and the plans not much better.

John Derry - The story of Britain's first supersonic pilot by Annie Bullen and Brian Rivas

Sea Vixen by Brian Fiddler

ISBN 0 948251 03 4

Published by Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum

Short history and selection of photos along with squadron details. If you can find it cheap, worth a go.

References - Magazines

21st Profile volume 1 number 1 - history and some good photos.

Aeroplane Monthly, July 1997 - Personal Album - six black and white pictures taken
during 1960-62 on HMS Victorious, showing an FAW.1. Four show a spectacular on-board crash which
the crew were lucky to get out of.

Aeroplane Monthly, November 2004 - Database: Sea Vixen - 17 pages of articles on the type's
development, service history, what it was like to fly and survivors list. Lots of photos and diagrams. Well worth
seeking out.

Aircraft Illustrated, October 1996: Foxy Lady - article on G-CVIX and de Havilland Aviation Wales, with
six good pictures (four in colour).

Air International, April 1991: Sea Vixen, Britain's first missile specialist - history,
pictures and a cutaway.

AIR Pictorial, February 1971: de Havilland Sea Vixen by Elfan ap Rees - development and service history with a fair
number pictures, although these are all monochrome and fairly small - there is a rare shot of Simon's Sircus displaying though.

Flight, April 5 1957: article describing the development of the aircraft.

Flight, February 5 1960:
technical article with full details and cutaway drawings.

FlyPast, May 1992: Solo by Sea Vixen - Marcus Edwards relates his first flight in a Sea Vixen. Makes
fascinating reading, and has four black and white pictures (including a spectacular carrier landing crash).

Jets, Summer 2000: Flying Again: Sea Vixen by Glenn Sands -
report on XP924 flying again with a number of good colour photos.

Scale Aircraft Modelling volume 18 number 8, October 1996: Under The Hood - drawings of the cockpit interiors,
some pictures and how to make a quick fix for the Frog/Revell FAW.2 kit's nose appearance problem.

Scale Models International, May 1996: article on building the Dynavector 1/48 vacform kit.

Take Off number 130: Flying the Sea Vixen - a pilot's view - lots of text and pictures (mostly
monochrome), and includes a colour drawing of an FAW.1. Interesting and entertaining to read, but of
little use for modelling references.

Credits

This section would have been greatly the poorer without contributions from the following - so many thanks to (in
alphabetical order):